long-cherished desire; satisfaction (from achieving one's desire)
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
victim; injured party; sufferer
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
curse; spell; malediction
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
murder; killing; murderer
bad name; bad reputation; disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; stigma
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
to throw into; to toss into; to drive (a nail, etc.) into; to hammer in; to fire (a bullet) into; to launch (a missile) at
paltry; trifling; piddling; stud; small protuberance
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to step forward; to take a step forward
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
one-armed shoulder throw (judo or sumo)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
ready with a rifle leveled
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
one-by-one; separately; in detail
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis